There Was a Whole Collection Made – Photography from Lester and Betty Guttman - Hardcover

Letinsky, Laura; Moss, Jessica

 
9780935573565: There Was a Whole Collection Made – Photography from Lester and Betty Guttman
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0935573569 ISBN 13: 9780935573565
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2017

Synopsis

In 2014, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago received a generous gift from collectors Lester and Betty Guttman: 830 photographs, created by a total of 414 artists, that cover a time period stretching all the way from the early 1800s into our modern moment. This richly illustrated volume, which accompanies an exhibition at the Smart Museum of Art, offers both an intriguing overview of the collection and, with it, a tour through the very history of photography itself.

There Was a Whole Collection Made includes an extensive timeline on the medium’s evolution that notes important dates, exhibitions, and texts. Artists and scholars alike contribute personal reflections on and interpretations of the Guttmans’ photographs, which include images by such artists as William Henry Fox Talbot, Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, and Carrie Mae Weems. A colorful introduction to a key visual resource, There Was a Whole Collection Made crosses time periods and genres to revel in the enduring power of the camera lens.

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About the Authors

Laura Letinsky is a photographer and professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago.

Jessica Moss is curator of contemporary art at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0935573569
ISBN 13 
9780935573565
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240